Boy
“When you have children, everything that is yours is theirs. But nothing that is theirs is yours.” — Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols, National Geographic Wildlife Photographer, from the Patagonia film Worn Wear
Kohl Center
I don’t know what it is. But the fun of photography seems to be coming back.
Simplicity
Once again, I am trying to work towards simplicity. This time the focus is on my photo equipment, and I think I have made a right decision recently, which is to go for a digital medium format camera. At the same time, most of my 35mm format digital and film equipment have to go. My …
12 Years
Time flies. I’m going into my 13th year in Madison this month. While lots of things changed in my life during the past 12 years, one thing does not seem to have changed. That is, every time I want to simply my life, I only make it more complex. I’m somehow attracted to minimalism, yet …
John Nolen Drive at Night
It’s been a while without taking photos at night. I don’t feel like it’s my thing, but it’s fun to do it once in a while. This was a 2-minute exposure, and I turned off the noise reduction function so that I didn’t have to wait another 2 minutes for the camera to take the …
Interstate
Having heard good things about Capture One, I finally gave it a try this week and found it dose process images from X-Trans sensor much better than Lightroom does. Different color, in a good way, and much more details. Its interface, however, is not as good as Lightroom’s. I can’t have them all in one …
Reorganizing Portfolio “Solitude”
I decided to reorganize my latest portfolio “Solitude – An Endless Journey” so it now contains five movements. Each movement has its own motif, just like the movements in a sonata or symphony. I would also like to call this particular project a symphographic poem, which is apparently derived from photography and symphonic poem. Although …
Revisit Glacier National Park
[portfolio_slideshow slideheight=500 ids=”1508,1509,1510,1511,1512,1513,1514,1515,1516,1517″] My family and I just spent last week in the Glacier National Park. Here are a few photos taken in the park.
Devil’s Lake
I visit the Devil’s Lake State Park almost every year, mostly in fall. With heavy rain in Wisconsin for the past couple of weeks, the water level is really high. Fortunately, the rain stopped and I was able to set up my tent and camp there for one night on the weekend. The next day …
Tiedeman Pond
I got a few rolls of Fujifilm Pro 160S last year right before it’s out of production. Its colors look different than Kodak Ektar 100. As film selections become fewer and fewer and the price keeps going higher and higher, I don’t really know how much longer I will shoot films, especially the 135 format. …